”That’s the plan,” Jigano agreed cheerfully to Rance’s willingness to try fishing in hard mode. Two men, four rods, and a lot of optimism. What could possibly go wrong?
ForRance , at least, the answer was: not much. The rod in his left hand jumped first, a little tug that gave him time to set the other down and play the fish in, landing it on the ice before his other rod began to slide into the hole. He was able to catch it and when he pulled it back he found resistance on the line, a second fish soon joining the first. Rebaited and back in the water, he proceeded to have periods of quiet interspersed with excitement as one or the other hook would attract a hungry winter fish.
Jigano’s luck held similarly, though he had a bad moment in the middle where both rods jerked at once, and he lost the second fish. His fishing hole wasn’t quite as productive as Rance’s was, but he still managed a respectable number and size of finned dinners for the Sparkbird by the time the fire had burned low enough to begin the smoking.
Amalia ‘s call to the dreamfish finally found its way to a dozing pair, the scaled beauties swimming slowly up from their hibernation to make their leisurely way into her tank. Whether she used all her luck on the fish or not it was hard to say, but when she went to tend the fire it was almost as if the merry blaze was offended by her time in the water. The smoke blew into her face and the fresh wood refused to catch, smoking sullenly rather than taking flame.
Lily didn’t fare much better, her attempts to make a spit or skewers collapsing into the fire, though at least they fed it where Amalia’s attempts had failed. Fishing took awhile, though, so at least she had plenty of time to try, try again before the fox and the raven returned with their piscine bounty, beaming and proud of themselves.
Jigano surveyed the fire, now burned down to a thick bed of glowing coals, and grinned at the ladies. ”Time to remove the heads and gut the fish,” he announced, using his creation magic to produce a sharp fileting knife for whoever took up the task. ”If someone can start gutting them, the next person can stuff the finished ones with the onions, butter, and salt. We’ll wrap them in layers of paper—“ He gestured to the bag he’d brought, and the paper within. ”That have been soaked in water. I’ll get the coals raked and cover the stuffed-and-wrapped fish in them. Then we can sit back and relax for an hour while they smoke themselves inside the paper.” Wetting the paper first would keep it from catching fire, while using paper instead of something more waterproof would let the moisture escape from the fish within as the whole package cooked beneath the coals.
”Who wants to do what?”
1. Gut the fish and chop their heads off
2. Stuff the cavities with the supplies from round 1
3. Wet the paper and wrap the fish securely
Post in task order (i.e. whoever wants task 1 should post first) but otherwise anyone can choose whatever task they fancy!
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Jigano’s luck held similarly, though he had a bad moment in the middle where both rods jerked at once, and he lost the second fish. His fishing hole wasn’t quite as productive as Rance’s was, but he still managed a respectable number and size of finned dinners for the Sparkbird by the time the fire had burned low enough to begin the smoking.
Jigano surveyed the fire, now burned down to a thick bed of glowing coals, and grinned at the ladies. ”Time to remove the heads and gut the fish,” he announced, using his creation magic to produce a sharp fileting knife for whoever took up the task. ”If someone can start gutting them, the next person can stuff the finished ones with the onions, butter, and salt. We’ll wrap them in layers of paper—“ He gestured to the bag he’d brought, and the paper within. ”That have been soaked in water. I’ll get the coals raked and cover the stuffed-and-wrapped fish in them. Then we can sit back and relax for an hour while they smoke themselves inside the paper.” Wetting the paper first would keep it from catching fire, while using paper instead of something more waterproof would let the moisture escape from the fish within as the whole package cooked beneath the coals.
”Who wants to do what?”
1. Gut the fish and chop their heads off
2. Stuff the cavities with the supplies from round 1
3. Wet the paper and wrap the fish securely
Post in task order (i.e. whoever wants task 1 should post first) but otherwise anyone can choose whatever task they fancy!
